Vehicle power charger

1. A vehicle power charger comprising: a cylindrically-shaped body portion of a size, length and shape suitable for plugging into a vehicle cigarette lighter receptacle having a first end and a second end, the cylindrically-shaped body portion defining a first axis that the cylindrically-shaped body portion extends around; a spring-loaded metal contact pin located at the first end of the cylindrically-shaped body portion for engagement with an electrical contact inside the receptacle; an oblong portion located at the second end of the cylindrically-shaped body portion and having a top end and a bottom end and defining a second axis, with an opening at the bottom end, the first axis and the second axis formed at an obtuse angle such that the top end of the oblong portion is angled towards the first end of the cylindrically-shaped body portion and the bottom end of the oblong portion is angled away from the first end of the cylindrically-shaped body portion, the oblong portion including a front face surface facing away from the first end of the cylindrically-shaped body portion and extending transverse to the first axis to form an obtuse angle with the first axis such that a top end of the front face surface is angled towards the first end of the cylindrically-shaped body portion and a bottom end of the front face surface is angled away from the first end of the cylindrically-shaped body portion, with the first axis passing through the front face surface, said front face surface including a first opening and a second opening, the first opening being between the second opening and the top end of the front face surface, said oblong portion including a cavity; a female Universal Serial Bus (USB) port held in place within the cavity and extending along an axis and being accessible through the second opening of the front face surface, the female USB port configured to receive a male USB plug passed into the second opening to charge a first mobile communication device; a rivet having a first end and a second end and defining an axis, with the first end passing through the first opening of the front face surface at an angle perpendicular to the front face surface; a cover having an opening and being pivotally attached to the front face surface by the second end of the rivet passing through the opening of the cover, the cover configured to cover the front face surface and pivot about the axis of the rivet between an open position in which the cover does not cover the female USB port and allows the male USB plug to enter the female USB port, and a closed position in which the cover covers the female USB port and blocks the male USB plug from entering the female USB port, the cover covering all of the front face surface in the closed position and not covering all of the front face surface in the open position; an electrical connector configured to receive a cable through the opening at the bottom end of the oblong portion; and a cable extending from the opening at the bottom end of the oblong portion to form an acute angle with the axis the female USB port extends along, and being attached to the electrical connector to charge a second mobile communication device at a same time the first mobile communication device is charged from the female USB port.

2. The charger of claim 1 further comprising, along an outer surface of a sidewall of the cylindrically-shaped body portion, near the contact pin, at least one spring loaded protrusion for engaging inner surfaces of the receptacle when the charger is inserted into the receptacle.

3. The charger of claim 1 further comprising, inside the cylindrically-shaped body portion, an electrically-conductive connector that connects to the metal contact pin at one end, and to one or more USB connectors that protrude into the cavity, below the cover, at a second end.

4. The charger of claim 3 wherein the electrically-conductive connector comprises a flat metal plate that has a narrowed width at its distal end near the metal contact pin to receive a cylindrical spring that urges the metal contact pin forward.

5. The charger of claim 4 wherein the USB connectors are attached to the flat metal plate at an angle suitable for protrusion into the cavity.

6. The charger of claim 1 wherein an outer surface joining the cylindrically-shaped body portion and the oblong portion is curved.